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Ricardo Lagos

Ricardo Lagos

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Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile (2000-2006) and UN Special Envoy for Climate Change (2007-2010), is President of the Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo and a member of The Elders and the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

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  2. pei71_ Lintao ZhangGetty Images_xi jinping joe biden 2013 Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

    A Roadmap for Stabilizing Sino-American Relations

    Minxin Pei

    Given the current bipartisan US antipathy toward China, President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to change the fundamental tenets of President Donald Trump’s hard-line policy. But if Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping each invest a modest amount of political capital, they may be able to de-escalate bilateral tensions. 

     outlines areas of possible cooperation between US President-elect Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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    America’s Captured Courts

    Sheldon Whitehouse

    Decades ago, a group of powerful US corporate interests recognized that the unpopular policies they sought faced steady headwinds in the elected branches of government. But courts, stocked with amenable judges and presented with the right cases, could reliably deliver political wins without answering to voters. 

     shines a light on the dark money behind the US judiciary's rightward turn under Republican presidents.
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